Servicer for tire building machine
US4961813A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 26, 1988 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29L2030/003
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A servicer for conveying upper and lower breaker strip material onto a rotating cylindrical surface comprising upper and lower conveyors, each with an input end and output end, to sequentially feed the upper and lower breaker strip material along upper and lower paths of travel onto the rotating cylindrical surface; a roll of breaker strip material located in association with each conveyor at its input end; positioning means to sequentially move and pivot the output end of each conveyor between a first position in operative association with the rotating cylindrical surface and a second position remote therefrom; cutter means in each path of travel to cut the conveyed breaker strip material into strips of predetermined lengths; and drive means associated with the conveyors to move the cut breaker strips onto the rotating surface.
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